Hello, we're Yeray and Sergi
and we will talk about Minorca
the good things and the bad thing about it.
Because Menorca can be a wonderful
island, as you know
but it also, has some bad things
let's start with the bad ones.
If we want to live the island
we have to travel by boat or plane
And in the mainland you have cheaper options
to travel around, for example:
the car, the train...
Also you can go whenever you want
Beacuse we have a fixed time table
Oh, Imagine if the airport is broken
it will be a disaster.
After that, there are a few shops
in Minorca and a lot of people
have to buy through Internet.
We don't have a lot of places
to go shopping,
we have Mango for example and stradivarius
but not a mall where everything is near.
We have a lot of pollution in summer
because a lot of people throw thing
on the sand, or in the water
and all these thing end up
in the same place and it can be removed
correctly .
Another example is
that during the "fiestas",
a lot of people throw their bottles
with gin and lemonade on the floor,
beers, plastic bags...
Minorca is a place to relax
but in summer there are thousands of
poeple that goes to relax like on the
beach, it can be stressful
because there are a lot of people
in the same place.
We know that we need this
because we depend on tourism
but in some situations it's stressful.
And finally the last drawback
is the Tramuntana
which is a wind that comes from the north
and drags many things to other places.
It's irregular
which means that we don't know when
it will arrive,
but we have it all the year.
Well,
now let's start with the positive things.
Minorca is a small place and there aren't
a lot of largest distances
For example the larges distance that we
have in Minorca is from Maó to Ciutadella
And also, is a place wher you can
relax and finally is a peaceful place.
Also in Minorca we have the
"cami de cavalls"
where you walk around Minorca visitng
secret places, we have 20 stages
and they're connected.
The Talaiotic culture is very important for
Minorcan people.
The prehistoric monuments we can find
are (navetes, talaiots) and this are one of
the most popular tourist attractions
For example: "Es poblat de Talati"
"Sa naveta d'es Tudons", "Torralba" etc
In MInorca, there are a lot of sports that
you can practice for example
football rollerblading, tennis
basketball..., but the problem is that we
can't practice winter sports.
For example, we play football in
Sporting Mahones, but sometimes we play
basketball, voley and different sports
when we can, also we like
going horse ridding with friends...
In the video we have prepared you'll see
our friends doing different sports in Minorca.
Minorca is a wonderful place where you
can find a lot of beaches. In Minorca
there are 197 beaches, 132 of sand
and 67 of rocks.
The beaches are completly clean and
beautiful but sometimes they're a little
bit dirty.
Finally it's the perfect place to relax
and release your bad feelings.
The "fiestas ara a traditional celebration
that only take place in Minorca.
They start with the "toc de fabiol".
During the fiestas people of different
ages do different thing for example drink
pomada which is made with lemon and gin
and it's so good. And pople also go to
the jaleo. The jaleo is the part of
the fiestas where the horses jump with the
the help of people that are around them
but if it's your first time there be
carful because if you're the typical
"giri" that wants to record everything
the horses can kick you. And finally when
the jaleo finishes, the samba starts. The
samba is the final part of the fiestas
where all the people go to the square
where the jaleo took place and start to
dance while the band plays
Oh, I love fiestas so much, Sant Jaume and
Sant Climent are my favourtie ones,
I also love the samba and being with
all my friends.
Well, in conclusion we can say that Minorca
is a place where you can do a lot of things
for example walk around the villages,
learn about their culture, practice some
aquatic sports... It's a place where you'll
be safe because it's a peacful island
but also has some problems for example
you don't have any malls on the island
where you can go shopping, some beaches
and villages are a bit dirty, especially
after the fiestas, and as we said before
you have to take the boat or the plane
to go out.